Food for as ^y 2 tons per acre field-cured, it is safe to allow 20 per 

 Pl>ntg cent, shrinkage in weight for seasoning and drying down 

 to a barn-cured basis. Nitrate of Soda, the chief constituent 

 of the prescribed ration, pushes the grass early and enables 

 it to get ahead of all weeds, and the crop then feeds economi- 

 cally and fully on the other manurial constituents present in 

 the fertilizer mentioned in the formula and present in the soil. 



Types of Characteristic Rock Shattering (i). 



When clean No. I hay sells above $16.00 per ton the 

 financial results are very satisfactory. Nitrate can some- 

 times be used alone for a season or two and at very 

 great profit, but a full grass ration is better in the long 

 run for both the soil and crop. Generally speaking, 100 

 pounds of Nitrate, if used under proper conditions, will pro- 

 duce an increase of from 7,000 to 1,200 pounds of barn-cured, 

 clean timothy hay, the value of which shall average from 

 $8.00 to $10.00. Compared to the value of the increased 

 hay crop, it pays well to use Nitrate liberally on grass lands. 



A reliable, heavy Top-Dressing formula for Grass 

 Lands per acre: 



200 Ibs. Nitrate of Soda. 

 200 Ibs. Sulphate of potash. 

 200 Ibs. Acid phosphate. 



600 Ibs. 



